Background

β-catenin is a key downstream effector in the Wnt signaling pathway (1). It is implicated in two major biological processes in vertebrates: early embryonic development (2) and tumorigenesis (3). CK1 phosphorylates β-catenin at Ser45. This phosphorylation event primes β-catenin for subsequent phosphorylation by GSK-3 (4-6). GSK-3β destabilizes β-catenin by phosphorylating it at Ser33, Ser37, and Thr41 (7). Mutations at these sites result in the stabilization of β-catenin protein levels and have been found in many tumor cell lines (8).

Non-phospho (Active) β-Catenin (Ser33/37/Thr41) (D13A1) Rabbit mAb is designed to specifically recognize the stabilized form of β-catenin, i.e., protein that has not been phosphorylated by GSK-3, and thus is functionally active in cell-cell adhesion and/or the canonical Wnt signaling pathway.